Chocolate Bundt Cake

 

Ingredients

Cake

1 cup water

¾ cup unsalted butter, cut into pieces

¾ cup canola oil

170g bittersweet baking chocolate, finely chopped

1 ½ cups sugar

3 cups all-purpose flour

¾ cup cocoa powder

2 ½ tsp baking soda

½ tsp salt

3 eggs, at room temperature

¾ cup buttermilk

1 tbsp vanilla

Chocolate Ganache

1/3 cup whipping cream

170g bittersweet baking chocolate, finely chopped

Decorations

Chocolate flakes or curls

You can also decorate with sprinkles or mini marshmallows

Directions

Cake

Pre-heat oven to 350°F. Lightly grease a bundt cake tin.

Add water, 3/4 cup butter, the oil and bittersweet chocolate to a large microwave safe bowl. Microwave 20 seconds at a time, mixing each time with a whisk until smooth. Stir in sugar until blended. Cool 10 minutes.

Next, add your eggs to the cooled chocolate mixture one at a time and use a hand mixer to mix into the wet ingredients until well combined.

Add flour, cocoa powder, baking soda and salt and mix with whisk just until blended after each addition.

Add buttermilk, stirring just until blended. Stir in vanilla. Pour batter into pan.

Bake 35 to 40 minutes or until toothpick inserted in center comes out clean. Cool 15 minutes; remove from pan to cooling rack. Cool completely, about 2 hours.

Chocolate Ganache

In medium microwavable bowl, microwave ganache ingredients on High 45 to 50 seconds, stirring after 30 seconds, until melted and smooth.

Cool 10 minutes or until slightly thickened.

Place cake on serving plate and drizzle with ganache.

Decorations

Garnish with flakes, curls or mini marshmallows.